The Republican journal., 1887-11-10

the DOOk reviews arc Spcclally interesting. nc
| Art Amateur announces colored plate with
! every number for 1888 and numerous other at
tractive features which will make it more than
ever Indispensable to all students ard lovers OF
| art. Price ID cents a number. Montague
| Marks, publisher, % Union Square, New York.
November ends the Wide Awake year With
| 4 thanksgiving number in all but the technical
| sense. Besides the long stories that come to
an end-there are none beginning; next month
! is the time to pegin-therc is rich and varied
fare. "Bakcd Beans" and Brown Bread
We're little twin negroes. to whom befell as
| strange an adventure on Boston Common as if
they were winged fairies; all of which is re-
lated in as jolly little story rs ever was told
by Edward b. Payne Jessie Benton Fremont
describes visit to Hans Andersen at his home
in Denmark; and those brief four pages are
| full of delightful history. The Luck of Eden
hall gives occasion to an illustrated sketch of
| the real Edenhall, the manor-hoEse in England.
There are pictures of the Hall, in the lawn, in
| the park, the church. an old cottage and Eden
| bridge. Pictorial Concord comes to al end with
| its Old houses and many meinentos of patriotism
and genius. The year has been 4 rich one.
| We look with eXpectation-Wha can the new
year bring to surpass it! But we have hint
| in the Premium List, a wonderful document.
| We never saw such a list, SO generous a hand-
| ling of generous things. Let every family
| send five cents to ID. Lothrop Company, Bos
ton, for a sample copy, if only to get that list
| of good things to be got for little neighborly
| work.
A Cvcopedia which presents concise and
readable biographical sketches together with
| choice and charac tcristic selections from the
| writings of eminent authors of all ages and all
nations. surely ought to be in great popular
demand if its cost were not prohbtory. such
work is Alden's Cyclopedia of Universal
Literature, Volume VI. of which, now pub
lishcd, contains 40 pages large type, beaul-
fully printed and bound. and includes within
it the names of eighty-two eminent authors,
among which are: Dana, Dante, Darwin, Dau-
Diet, Jefferson Davis, Sir Humphrey Davy, De
Foe (of Robinson Crusoc fame. Demosthenes,
DeQuinccy, Dcseartcs. Dickens, Di>raei. Dod-
bridge. and Douglas. 1t would seem hardly
possible to plan any literary work more emf
nenty readable and interesting. if the comp-
| ing and editing We're well done-anI the nearly
universal verdict seems to be that this is very
well done indeed. And the price. Only The
| Literary Revolution could have accomplished
such wonder-3O cents Il volume for these
| beautiful cloth-bound books. or 60 cents for
haf-Morocco binding! The publisher offers a
| sample volume to any one with privilege OF le-
turn if not satisfactory. Anyone interested i'll
high class literature ought to send for Mr. AL
deh's 64 page Catalogue of Standard Books,
which is free to any applicant. Address John
Il. Alden, Publisher. 393 Pearl St., New York.
With its November issue Babyhood completes
its third year and volume. From the first num-
Der it has been pronounced success, winning
praises alike from press and subscribers. There
|
children, but would be made happier and better
for its monthly visits. With the November
number is given an index OF the volume just
closed, embracing more than 1000 topics. and
yet the publishers tell us that they have scarce
ly entered upon their field. A running conl-
ment on the articles in the November issue
will give something Of an idea of the scope of
this most admirable of magazines First we
have editorial notes, brief and to the point. on
such subjects as ear-boxing. early drawings.
diphthera, watered milk. and the evolution of
nursery sciences. Then follows an article on
the ''Contagious Diseases of Children by DIR.
Chaplin. and one on Bumps and Bruises" by
Dr. Martin. W.J Stman. the wi,leiy-known
correspondent OF the London Times. has Il
unique and profuselv illustrated article on
First Attempts at Art.' This is followed by
a further discussion of the 'Proposed Train.
Ing School for Nursery-maidS,' the need Of
October issue. Mary Dealing SEWER writes of
"School Lunches" giving many hints which
will aid perpleXed mothers. The departments,
Nursery Observations, Babys Wardrobe. Nur-
sery Problems. Mothers Note Book, and Moth
er>' Parliament are unusually full. TEe NUM-
Der is equal to any that have preceded it, and
this is saying much. We are glad to know that
the magazine commences its fourth year unt,er
bright auspices. What neither can afford 10 be
without it: Is cents a copy; >l.50 :, year.
Babyhool Publishing Company > l;celln,n
Street, New York.
|
priSes ofth age is Allen'> Manifold Cyclopc
dia of knowledge and Language. The speci-
men pages which the publisher sends free to
any applicant, show tine type which is u>ed-a
good clear-facted Brewer; also the form
Ideal for convenience, easy for the eye.
handy to hold. The volumes will average about
$40 pages each, and there Will probably be
about thirty of thcn-tile ''manifod' number
will not he inconvenent; WHEN you consult Il
Cvclopetlia you are supposed to know what
| Iptf mo an
the back OF each volume tells you at 4 glin,'c
what titles will be found within, YOU do not
look in the wrong one-and the volumes are
SO handy you quickly turn to the sought-for
| page. There will be several thousand il'u>tra-
tons-no ''mere pictures" but everything of
Importance that will serve to Illustrate. The
Manifold Cyclopedia is TO be much more than a
| encyclopedia OF l Universal knowledge" il will
cmbody also Dictionary Of the English Lam
Suage-includns every word which has any
claim to place in the language. How often
you have consulted Applcton's or thaMhers'>,
or Johnsoh's Cyclopeda and failed to find the
title you We're looking for-then consulted
| Websters Unabridged and We're successful: :
the word belonged TO the Dictionary rather
than to the Cyciopedia. Or you have con>uIt-
ed Webster and found little more tLtn mere
definition OF the word--you must go to the
| Cyclopedia for details of knowledge. Or, more
probable than either of the foregoing suppo>i-
tons, you do not own either irst-c!ass Cyclo-
pedia or trst-class Dictionary. or only one
of the two, because of their prohibitory cost. so
you ''consut your Imagination and ''go hum
cry for lack of the few lines Of print that
would satisfy you! In the Manifold Cyclopeda
| you will find survey of all knowledge which is
illustrated by the English Ianguage-;ind its
cost is within your reach, only 80 cents a vol
ulne for cloth binding, 65 cents for half morocco.
In this age of the world. no general Cycopc-
dia or Dictionary can be in any proper sense
"original'-each new compilation. if it has
merit. is based upon the knowledge found en-
| bodied in all its predecessors. "knoWlCdgc'
as set forth in books can not he monopolizcd
by ''patent' or copyright the form Of
embodiment can by thus covered. The latest
discoveries (or imagnings) Of the scientists.
the latest 'fnds" Tor frauns) of the archuoi
| ogists, the latest theories of the political econo-
mists-all subject to the .'sght drafts of
the latest Encyclopedia. Aldcns Manifold
Cyclopedia undertakes to combine in the most
convenient and concise (and yet fuID and
economical form possible, the results of the
scholarship of the world, up to the time of its
publication. Awaiting itself most of the labor>
of its predecessors who have accomplished the
best results, the Manifold Cycopedia, draws
more largely from Chambcrs's than from any
other of the family of Cyclopetas. and more
largely from Stormonth than from any other of
) the family of Dictionaries-the Chambcrs's is
an acknowledged model for IL Cycopc,lia; but
it is adapted particularly to England rather
than to America; stormonth is the acknowled-
ged peer of Webster, Worcester, the Imperial
and Murray, as an authority, but without Il
peer in the combined qualities of conci,enesS,
clearness. and accuracy of learning. No au-
thorities, however, are blindly followed but
effort is carefully made to bring all matters to
:: the generally accepted standard of the most
eminent American, rather than foreign, schol-
arship Editorial talent second to none i'll
, America, in experience and skill is engaged in
the conduct of the work; the publishers past
. experience in Cyclopedia making (notably in
. The Library of Universal knowledge, now
. known-trebled in priceas the International
. Cycopedia) is good basis for the pledge he
makes to his patrons that The Manifold shall
be inferior to 10 other Cyclopedia in any of
the important qualities of a popular guide to
knowledge. Specimen pages free, or u speci-
, men volume may be ordered and returned if
, not wanted. John B. Alden, Publisher, ;}93
Pearl Street, New York.
Dogging Mr.. Blaine's Footsteps.
/ Mr.. Frank Richardson, of the Baltimore
) Sun, who has Just returned from Europe, says
) in his correspondence: "Several gentlemen